List of well-known medical historians
The list of well-known medical historians includes habilitated or otherwise recognized representatives of medical history as well as pharmacy historians . Most of them are doctors, philosophers, classical philologists, Arabists, sinologists, historians and historians of science. Medical historians often also have multiple qualifications. The list shows the relevant basic qualification (s), provided that at least one major course has been completed with an exam.
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A.
- Horst Rudolf Abe (1927–2006), German historian
- Karlhans Abel (1919–1998), German classical philologist
- Johann Daniel Achelis (1898–1963), German doctor (physiologist)
- Erwin Heinz Ackerknecht (1906–1988), German doctor and ethnologist
- Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz (1802–1881), Polish doctor (anatomist)
- Agustín Albarracín Teulon (1922–2001), Spanish medical historian
- Franz Alexander (1891–1964), Austro-Hungarian physician and psychoanalyst
- Theodoor Jansson ab Almeloveen (1657–1712), Dutch doctor and philologist
- Pierre Amalric (1923–1999), French doctor (ophthalmology)
- Christian Andree (* 1938), German science historian and philologist
- József Antall (1932–1993), Hungarian historian, museologist and librarian
- David J. Apple (1941–2011), American doctor (ophthalmologist)
- Walter Artelt (1906–1976), German doctor and dentist
- Bernhard Aschner (1883–1960), Austrian doctor (physiologist)
- Ludwig Aschoff (1866–1942), German doctor (pathologist)
B.
- Gerhard Baader (1928–2020), Austrian philologist and medical historian
- Johann Hermann Baas (1838–1909), German doctor (ophthalmologist) and pioneer of phonometry
- Karl Baas (1866–1944), German doctor (ophthalmologist)
- Kurt Bardong (1908–1945), German classical philologist
- Eyvind Bastholm (1904–1989), Danish doctor
- Axel W. Bauer (* 1955), German doctor
- Evert Dirk Baumann (1883–1966), Dutch doctor
- Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1888–1970), American bacteriologist, military doctor and medical officer
- Vladimir Bazala (1901–1987), Croatian doctor
- Jost Benedum (1937–2003), German classical philologist
- Udo Benzenhöfer (* 1957), German doctor and Germanist
- Alexander Berg (1911–?), German doctor
- Klaus Bergdolt (* 1947), German doctor and historian
- Marcel H. Bickel (1927–2017), Swiss biochemist and pharmacologist
- Carl Binz (1832–1913), German doctor (pharmacologist)
- Friedrich Bird (1791-1851), German physician (psychiatrist)
- William Black (1749-1829), British physician (pharmacologist)
- Johanna Bleker (* 1940), German doctor
- Friedrich Boerner (1723–1761), German doctor
- Józef Bogusz (1904–1993), Polish doctor (surgeon) and ethicist
- Valeriu Lucian Bologa (1892–1971), Romanian doctor and natural scientist
- Christopher Booth (1924–2012), British doctor (gastroenterologist)
- Urs Boschung (* 1946), Swiss doctor
- Véronique Boudon-Millot (* 1962), French classical philologist
- Allan M. Brandt (* 1953), American historian
- Eva Brinkschulte (* 1954), German historian
- Colin Fraser Brockington (1903-2004), British physician
- Christian Brockmann (* 1960), German classical philologist
- Kevin Brown (born 1961), British historian and medical archivist
- Walter von Brunn (1876–1952), German doctor (surgeon)
- Conrad Brunner (1859–1927), Swiss doctor (surgeon)
- Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen (* 1964), French historian
- Heinrich Buess (1911–1984), Swiss doctor (gynecologist and company doctor)
- John C. Burnham (1929-2017), American historian
- Reinhold Busch (* 1942), German doctor
C.
- Augustin Cabanès (1862–1928), French medical historian
- Louis Florentin Calmeil (1798–1895), French physician (psychiatrist)
- Arturo Castiglioni (1874–1953), Italian-American medical historian
- Johann Ludwig Choulant (1791–1861), German doctor
- Hartmut Collmann (* 1942), German doctor (neurosurgeon)
- Flurin Condrau (* 1965), Swiss historian
- Harold John Cook (* 1952), American medical historian
- William Sidney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), British physician (rheumatologist)
- William C. Crossgrove (1938–2018), American German studies scholar and literary scholar
- Andrew Cunningham (* 1945), American medical historian
D.
- Charles Daremberg (1817–1872), French doctor and classical philologist
- Véronique Dasen (* 1957), Swiss classical archaeologist and historian (ancient history)
- Heinz David (1931–2019), German doctor (pathologist)
- Franz Daxecker (* 1945), Austrian doctor (ophthalmologist) and science historian
- Hannelore Dege (* 1937), German doctor (anesthetist)
- Karl Deichgräber (1903–1984), German classical philologist
- Phillip DeLacy (1913-2006), American classical philologist
- Salvatore De Renzi (1800–1872), Italian doctor
- Jean Eugène Dezeimeris (1799–1852), French farmer and medical librarian
- Klemens Dieckhöfer (* 1938), German philologist, neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist
- Paul Diepgen (1878–1966), German doctor (gynecologist)
- Albert Dietrich (1912–2015), German Arabist
- Friedrich Reinhold Dietz (1805–1836), German doctor, hospital director and philologist
- Hans Diller (1905–1977), German classical philologist
- Susanne Doetz (* 1966), German university doctor
- Thomas Dormandy (1926-2013), British physician (clinical pathologist)
- Werner Dressendörfer (* in Bamberg), German pharmacist, pharmacy historian and library assessor
- Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens (1799–1873), French doctor
- Barbara Duden (* 1942), German historian and sociologist
E.
- Wolfgang U. Eckart (* 1952), German doctor
- Ludwig Edelstein (1902–1965), German-American classical philologist
- Philip van der Eijk (* 1962), Dutch classical philologist
- Gerhard Eis (1908–1982), German Germanic Medievalist
- Cyril Elgood (1893-1970), British physician
- Henri F. Ellenberger (1905–1993), Canadian doctor (psychiatrist) and psychoanalyst
- Alexander Baron Engelhardt (1885–1960), German doctor
- Dietrich von Engelhardt (* 1941), German philosopher
- Ludwig Englert (1903–1981), German doctor and classical philologist
- Hans-Heinz Eulner (1925–1980), German doctor
- John M. Eyler (*), American medical historian
F.
- Friedrich Falk (1840-1893), German doctor (forensic doctor)
- Adolf Faller (1913–1989), Swiss doctor (anatomist)
- Heiner Fangerau (* 1972), German doctor and medical ethicist
- Heinz Faulstich (1927–2014), German doctor (psychiatrist)
- Oswald Feis (1866–1940), German doctor (gynecologist)
- Gerhard Fichtner (1932–2012), German doctor
- Hans Fischer (1892–1976), Swiss doctor (pharmacologist)
- Isidor Fischer (1868–1943), Austrian doctor (gynecologist)
- Klaus-Dietrich Fischer (* 1948), German classical philologist
- Renate Fischer (1930–2008), German (actress and) historian
- Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss doctor (psychiatrist)
- Hellmut Flashar (* 1929), German classical philologist
- Ulrich Fleischer (1910–1978), German classical philologist
- Ralf Forsbach (* 1965), German historian (modern and recent history)
- Fujikawa Yū (1865–1940), Japanese doctor
- John Farquhar Fulton (1899–1960), American physician (neurophysiologist)
G
- Hans Gärtner (1934–2014), German classical philologist
- Ivan Garofalo (* 1948), Italian classical philologist
- Fielding Hudson Garrison (1870–1935), American medical librarian
- Antonio Garzya (1927–2012), Italian classical philologist and Byzantinist
- Werner E. Gerabek (* 1952), German medical historian, philologist and publishing director
- Stephanos Geroulanos (* 1940), Greek surgeon
- Armin Geus (* 1937), German zoologist
- Norman Gevitz (* 1948), American medical historian
- Davide Giordano (1864–1954), Italian surgeon
- Konrad Goehl (* 1938), German classical philologist
- Andreas Ottomar Goelicke (1671–1744), German doctor
- Edgar Goldschmid (1881–1957), German pathologist
- Hans Gossen (1884–1946), German classical philologist
- Edvard Gotfredsen (1899–1963), Danish medical historian
- Bernward Josef Gottlieb (1910–2008), German doctor
- Danielle Gourevitch (* 1941), French classical philologist
- Christoph Gradmann (* 1960), German historian
- Jonas Graetzer (1806–1889), German doctor
- Günter Grau (* 1940), German psychologist and sexologist
- Hermann Grensemann (1932–2015), German classical philologist
- Mirko Grmek (1924–2000), Croatian-French doctor
- Dominik Groß (* 1964), German doctor, dentist and historian
- Georg Benno Gruber (1884–1977), German pathologist
- Alberto Alonso Guardo (* 20th century), Spanish philologist (Latin)
- Martin Gumpert (1897–1955), German-American doctor and writer
- Beate Gundert (* 1949), German classical philologist
- Eduard Gusbeth (1839–1921), Transylvanian doctor
- Douglas James Guthrie (1885–1975), British physician
- Romuald Wiesław Gutt (1921–1988), Polish internist
H
- Wilhelm Haberling (1871–1940), German doctor
- Christa Habrich (1940-2013), German pharmacist
- Heinrich Haeser (1811–1885), German pathologist
- Georg Harig (1935–1989), German doctor
- Sami K. Hamarneh (1925-2010), Arabic-American author
- Philipp Jakob Hartmann (1648–1707), German doctor and historian
- Martha Haussperger (1925–2013), German internist and ancient orientalist
- Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker (1795–1850), German doctor
- Günter Heidel (1942–2013), German doctor
- Edith Heischkel-Artelt (1906–1987), German doctor
- Friedrich Christian Helreich (1842–1927), German ophthalmologist
- Jürgen Helfricht (* 1963), German journalist and publicist
- Georg Helmreich (1849–1921), German classical philologist
- August Wilhelm Henschel (1790-1856), German biologist (botanist)
- Friedrich von Herrenschwand (1881–1959), Austrian ophthalmologist
- Robert Herrlinger (1914–1968), German anatomist
- Rudolf Herzog (1871–1953), German classical philologist and classical archaeologist
- Volker Hess (* 1962), German physician
- Erich Hintzsche (1900–1975), Swiss anatomist
- August Hirsch (1817–1894), German doctor
- Julius Hirschberg (1843–1925), German ophthalmologist
- Bernhard Hirschel (1815–1874), German doctor and homeopath
- Walter Hoffmann-Axthelm (1908–2001), German specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Bernd Holdorff (* 1938), German neurologist
- Michael Holler (1932–1996), German neurologist
- Karl Holubar (1936–2013), Austrian dermatologist
- Georg Honigmann (1863–1930), German doctor (internal medicine and neurology)
- Brigitte Hoppe (* 1935), science historian
- Gregory Horsley (* 20th century), Australian classical philologist and ancient historian
- Manfred Horstmanshoff (* 1944), Dutch ancient historian
- Franz Hübotter (1881–1967), German doctor and sinologist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Tobias Hunger (1874–1952), Dutch botanist
- Arnold Huttmann (1912–1997), Transylvanian cardiologist
I.
- Ibn Abī Usaibiʿa († 1270), Syrian doctor
- Sibylle Ihm (* 1965), German classical philologist
- Johannes Ilberg (1860–1930), German classical philologist
- Dieter Irmer (* 1935), German classical philologist
- Stephen d'Irsay (1894–1934), Hungarian doctor (cardiologist)
J
- Ferdinand Jahn (1804-1859), German doctor
- Kay Peter Jankrift (* 1966), German historian (Middle Ages)
- Marlene Jantsch (1917–1994), Austrian doctor
- Antoine Édouard Jeanselme (1858–1935), French doctor (dermatologist)
- Ludmilla Jordanova (* 1949), British historian (art and cultural history)
- Jacques Jouanna (* 1935), French classical philologist
- Robert Jütte (* 1954), German historian
- Anton Johann Jungmann (1775-1854), Bohemian doctor (obstetrician)
K
- Axel Karenberg (* 1957), German doctor (neurologist)
- Bernt Karger-Decker (1912–2008), German editor and writer
- Gundolf Keil (* 1934), German Germanist and classical philologist
- Dieter Kerner (1923–1981), German doctor (internist) and music historian
- Helen King (* 1957), British ancient historian
- Arnold C. Klebs (1870–1943), Swiss-American doctor
- Jennifer Klein (* 1967), American historian
- Volker Klimpel (1941), German doctor (surgeon)
- Michael Knipper (* 1967), German doctor
- Rudolf Kobert (1854–1918), German doctor (pharmacologist)
- Richard Koch (1882–1949), German doctor (internist)
- Franz Köcher (1916–2002), German ancient orientalist
- Huldrych M. Koelbing (1923–2007), Swiss doctor (ophthalmologist)
- Jutta Kollesch (* 1933), German classical philologist
- Kamal Sabri Kolta (* 1930), Egyptian Egyptologist
- Christoph Kopke (1967), German political scientist
- Ludwig Kotelmann (1839–1908), German doctor (ophthalmologist) and Protestant theologian
- Antje Krug (* 1940), German classical archaeologist
- Fridolf Kudlien (1928–2008), German classical philologist
- Joseph-Hans Kühn (1911–1994), German classical philologist
- Karl Gottlob Kühn (1754–1840), German doctor
- Werner F. Kümmel (* 1936), Swiss historian and musicologist
- Ernst Künzl (* 1939), German classical archaeologist
- Kuriyama Shigehisa (* 1954), Japanese Japanologist and science historian
L.
- Alfons Labisch (* 1946), German historian, sociologist and doctor
- Pedro Laín Entralgo (1908–2001), Spanish doctor and writer
- Alessandro Lami (1949–2015), Italian classical philologist
- Hans-Uwe Lammel (* 1952), German doctor and historian
- Volker Langholf (* 1940), German classical philologist
- David R. Langslow (* 20th century), British classical philologist
- Chauncey Depew Leake (1896–1978), American pharmacologist and philosopher
- Evert Cornelis van Leersum (1862–1938), Dutch medical historian
- Werner Leibbrand (1896–1974), German doctor (psychiatrist)
- Annemarie Leibbrand-Wettley (1913–1996), German doctor (psychiatrist) and sexologist
- Fritz Lejeune (1892–1966), German doctor and dentist
- Erna Lesky (1911–1986), Austrian classical philologist
- Karl-Heinz Leven (* 1959), German physician and classical philologist
- David Lichtenhahn (approx. 1657–1733), German doctor
- Charles Lichtenthaeler (1915–1993), Swiss doctor
- Eduard Liechtenhan (1891–1965), Swiss classical philologist and high school teacher
- Georg Lilienthal (* 1948), German historian
- Mary Lindemann (* 1949), American historian
- Émile Littré (1801-1881), French classical philologist
- Geoffrey Lloyd (* 1933), British classical philologist and science historian
- Zvi Lothane (* 1934), American doctor (psychiatrist) and psychoanalyst
- Zacutus Lusitanus (1575–1642), Portuguese-Dutch doctor
M.
- Matthias Macher (1793–1876), Austrian doctor
- Hugo Magnus (1842–1907), German doctor (ophthalmologist)
- Brigitte Maire (* 1967), Swiss classical philologist
- Nikolaus Mani (1920–2001), Swiss doctor
- Tadeusz Marcinkowski (1917–2011), Polish doctor (forensic doctor)
- Spyros Marketos (1931–2012), Greek nephrologist
- Christoph Martin (1874–1958), Chilean doctor (general practitioner)
- Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx (1796–1877), German doctor
- Jos Massard (* 1944), Luxembourg biologist
- Johannes Gottfried Mayer (1953–2019), German literary historian
- Christine Mayer-Nicolai (* 1967), pharmacist
- Michael McVaugh (* 1938), American historian
- Andreas Mettenleiter (* 1968), German doctor
- Johannes Mewaldt (1880–1964), German classical philologist
- Marta Meyer-Salzmann (1913–2006), Swiss author
- Theodor Meyer-Steineg (1873–1936), German doctor (ophthalmologist) and lawyer
- Max Meyerhof (1874–1945), German doctor (ophthalmologist)
- Wolfgang Michel (* 1946), German Japanologist
- Markwart Michler (1923–2001), German doctor (surgeon and orthopedist)
- Florian G. Mildenberger (* 1973), German historian
- Wyndham D. Miles (1916–2011), American chemist and chemical historian
- Bernhard Milt (1896–1956), Swiss doctor (internist)
- Christoph Mörgeli (* 1960), Swiss historian (and politician)
- David Macbeth Moir (1798-1851), British physician and writer
- Johann Christoph Albert Moll (1817–1895), German doctor
- Norman Moore (1847-1922), British physician
- Philippe Mudry (* 1939), Swiss classical philologist
- Martin Müller (1878–1960), German philologist, doctor and university professor
- Reinhold FG Müller (1882–1966), German Indologist
- Walter Müri (1899–1968), Swiss classical philologist
- Axel Hinrich Murken (* 1937), German doctor and art historian
N
- Rainer Nabielek (* 1944), German classical philologist and sexologist
- Karl Neubert (1799–1845), German doctor
- Max Neuburger (1868–1955), Austrian doctor
- Hans-Joachim Neumann (1939-2014), German doctor and dentist (oral and maxillofacial surgeon)
- Josef Neumann (* 1945), German medical historian
- Diethard Nickel (* 1939), German classical philologist
- Hartmut Nöldeke (1926–2013), German doctor and medical officer
- Heinz-Werner Nörenberg (* 1940), German classical philologist
- Leo Norpoth (1901–1973), German doctor (internist)
- Sherwin B. Nuland (1930-2014), American physician (surgeon)
- Vivian Nutton (* 1943), British classical philologist
O
- Alf Önnerfors (1925–2019), Swedish Middle Latin philologist
- Philipp Osten (* 1970), German doctor
- Oliver Overwien (* 1971), German Graecist
P
- Julius Pagel (1851–1912), German doctor
- Walter Pagel (1898–1983), German-British doctor (pathologist)
- Katharine Park (* 1950), American historian of science
- Joseph Marie Jules Parrot (1829-1883), French pediatrician
- Norbert W. Paul (* 1964), German historian and medical ethicist
- Joseph Frank Payne (1840-1910), British physician
- Lorenzo Perilli (* 1964), Italian classical philologist
- Arnold Pfister (1901–1966), Swiss medical and art historian
- Gerhard Pfohl (1929–2016), German classical philologist and epigraphist
- Friedrich Pick (1867–1926), Bohemian doctor (internist, oto-rhino-laryngologist)
- John Pickstone (1944–2014), British historian of science
- Jackie Pigeaud (1937-2016), French classical philologist
- Ivan Pintar (1888–1963), Slovenian doctor (gynecologist)
- Roy Porter (1946-2002), British historian (historian of science)
- Paul Potter (* 1944), American doctor and Greekist
- Gert Preiser (* 1928), German classical philologist
- Loris Premuda (1917–2012), Italian doctor
- Christian Probst (1935–1994), German doctor and historian
- Johann Karl Proksch (1840–1923), Austrian surgeon, general practitioner and venereologist
- Curt Proskauer (1887–1972), German dentist
- Christian Pross (* 1948), German doctor and psychotherapist
- Francesco Puccinotti (1794–1872), Italian doctor (pathologist)
- Erich Püschel (1904–1991), German pediatrician
- Theodor Puschmann (1844–1899), German doctor (general medicine)
- Marielene Putscher (1919–1997), German medical historian
Q
- Ernst Anton Quitzmann (1809–1879), German doctor and travel writer
R.
- Gernot Rath (1919–1967), German medical historian
- John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), American physician (psychiatrist)
- Hans Reddemann (* 1934), German doctor (pediatrician, hematologist and oncologist)
- Hans Remky (1921-2010), German ophthalmologist
- John M. Riddle (* 1937), American historian
- Walther Riese (1890–1976), German-American doctor (psychiatrist)
- Peter Riethe (1921–2020), German dentist
- Ortrun Riha (* 1959), German doctor and Germanist
- Guenter B. Risse (* 1932), American doctor (internist), Egyptologist and historian
- Iris Ritzmann (* 1962), Swiss doctor and historian
- Victor Robinson (1886–1947), American physician and pharmacist
- Volker Roelcke (* 1958), German doctor (psychiatrist and neurologist), ethnologist and philosopher
- Milton I. Roemer (1916-2001), American social medicine scientist
- Eran Rolnik (* 1965), Israeli doctor (psychiatrist) and psychoanalyst
- Theodor Georg August Roose (1771-1803), German physician (physiologist and anatomist)
- George Rosen (1910–1977), American physician
- Charles Rosenberg (* 1936), American historian of science
- Georg Alexander Rost (1877–1970), German doctor (dermatologist)
- Moritz Roth (1839–1914), Swiss doctor (pathologist)
- Karl Eduard Rothschuh (1908–1984), German doctor (cardiac physiologist)
- George Rousseau (* 1941), American cultural historian
- Ruan Fangfu , Chinese doctor and sexologist
- Otto Rudl (1870–1951), Austrian doctor
- Thomas Rütten (* 1960), German doctor (and literary translator)
- Beat Rüttimann (* 1945), Swiss doctor (orthopedic surgery)
- Marion Maria Ruisinger (* 1963), German doctor (general medicine and naturopathic treatment)
S.
- Kai Sammet (* 1960), German doctor
- John Scarborough (* 1940), American zoologist, Byzantinist and ancient historian
- Hans Schadewaldt (1923–2009), German doctor
- Daniel Schäfer (* 1964), German doctor and Germanist
- Udo Schagen (* 1939), German doctor
- Anton Schaller (* 1933), Austrian doctor (gynecologist)
- Heinrich Schipperges (1918–2003), doctor (neurologist and psychiatrist) and philosopher
- Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen (* 1960), German ancient historian
- Thomas Schlich (* 1962), German doctor
- Magnus Schmid (1918–1977), German doctor
- Josef Maximilian Schmidt (* 1954), German doctor and philosopher
- Volkmar Schmidt (1933–1998), German classical philologist
- Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach (* 1952), German doctor
- Wolfram Schmitt (* 1939), German specialist in German studies, neurologist and psychiatrist as well as psychotherapist
- Egon Schmitz-Cliever (1913–1975), German doctor
- Thomas Schnalke (* 1958), German doctor
- Hansjörg Schneble (* 1941), German doctor (neuropediatrist and epileptologist)
- Peter Schneck (1936–2018), German doctor (gynecologist and obstetrician)
- Bernhard Schnell (* 1942), German literary scholar
- Hermann Schöne (1870–1941), German classical philologist
- Walther Schönfeld (1888–1977), German doctor
- Heinz Schott (* 1946), German doctor and philosopher
- Heinrich Otto Schröder (1906–1987), German classical philologist
- Charlotte Schubert (* 1955), historian (ancient history)
- Konrad Schubring (1911–1966), classical philologist and epigraphist
- Dirk Schultheiss (* 1966), German doctor (urologist)
- Emil Schultheisz (1923–2014), Hungarian doctor and politician
- Christian Schulze (* 1970), German classical philologist and biologist
- Ignaz Schwarz (1867–1925), Austrian doctor and antiquarian
- Doris Luise Schwarzmann-Schafhauser (* 20th century), German doctor and psychotherapist
- Ernst Schweninger (1850-1924), German doctor (pathologist)
- Rebecca Schwoch (* 1963), German medical historian
- Christian Schwokowski (* 1941), German doctor (visceral surgeon)
- Eduard Seidler (* 1929), German doctor (pediatrician)
- Romeo Seligmann (1808-1892), Austrian doctor
- Sydney Selwyn (1934–1996), British physician
- Edward Shorter (* 1941), Canadian historian
- Richard Harrison Shryock (1893–1972), American historian and educator
- Shifra Shvarts (* 1949), Israeli historian
- Helmut Siefert (1939–2012), German doctor
- Rudolph E. Siegel (1900–1975), American physician
- Henry E. Sigerist (1891–1957), Swiss doctor
- Hans H. Simmer (1926–2006), German doctor (gynecologist)
- Charles Singer (1876–1960), British physician and zoologist
- Dorothea Waley Singer (1882–1964), British historian (history of science, Middle Ages)
- Nancy Siraisi (* 1932), American historian (science historian)
- Kurt Sprengel (1766–1833), German physician, pathologist and botanist
- Heinrich von Staden (* 1939), German-American classical philologist
- Hermann Stadler (1861–1921), German classical philologist and science historian
- Frank W. Stahnisch (* 1968), German-Canadian doctor, medical and science historian
- Jean Starobinski (1920–2019), Swiss doctor and literary scholar (Romanist)
- Florian Steger (* 1974), German classical philologist
- Hubert Steinke (* 1966), Swiss doctor and historian
- Johannes Steudel (1901–1973), German doctor and classical archaeologist
- Georg Sticker (1860–1960), German doctor (hygienist)
- Michael Stolberg (* 1957), German doctor and historian
- Willy Georg Stoll (* 1932), Swiss doctor (gynecologist)
- Hedvig Lidforss Strömgren (1877–1967), Danish dentist and doctor
- Gotthard Strohmaier (* 1934), German classical philologist and Arabist
- Manfred Stürzbecher (* 1928), German doctor and historian
- Karl Sudhoff (1853–1938), German classical philologist
T
- Joachim Telle (1939–2013), German old Germanist, philologist and science historian
- Owsei Temkin (1902–2002), German-American classical philologist
- Arslan Terzioglu , Turkish: Arslan Terzioğlu (1937–2013), Turkish architect
- Johann Gottlieb Thierfelder (1799–1867), German surgeon and general practitioner
- Achim Thom (1935–2010), German philosopher
- Lynn Thorndike (1882–1965), American historian of science
- Ulrich Tröhler (* 1943), Swiss physician
- Richard Toellner (1930–2019), German doctor
- Alain Touwaide (* 1953), Belgian classical philologist and orientalist
- Nelly Tsouyopoulos (1930-2005), British-German philosopher
- Dietrich Tutzke (1920–1999), German doctor
U
- Bernhard Uehleke (* 1956), German doctor (naturopathy, phytotherapy)
- Julius Uffelmann (1837-1894), German doctor (pediatrician, hygienist)
- Paul Ulrich Unschuld (* 1943), German sinologist and health scientist
V
- Bruno Valentin (1885–1969), German orthopedist
- Leo Jules van de Wiele (1910-2004), Dutch pharmacist
- Hendrik van den Bussche (* 1945), German-Belgian doctor
- Christina Vanja (* 1952), German historian and archivist
- Mario Vegetti (1937-2018), Italian classical philologist (Graecist)
- Ralf Vollmuth (* 1963), German dentist and medical officer
- Peter Voswinckel (* 1951), German doctor
W.
- Leon Wachholz (1867–1942), Polish forensic doctor
- Hans H. Walser (* 1920), Swiss doctor (psychiatrist) and psychoanalyst
- Owen H. Wangensteen (1898–1981), American physician (surgeon)
- Carlos Watzka (* 1975), Austrian sociologist
- Paul Weindling (* 1953), British historian
- Christoph Weißer (* 1952), German doctor (surgeon)
- Ursula Weisser (* 1948), German historian of the natural sciences and Islamic scholar
- Wilhelm Rudolf Weitenweber (1804–1870), Bohemian doctor
- Max Wellmann (1863–1933), German classical philologist
- Klaus-Peter Wenzel (1936–2015), German doctor (surgeon)
- Ernest Wickersheimer (1880–1965), Alsatian doctor and librarian
- Claudia Wiesemann (* 1958), German doctor and medical ethicist
- Urban Wiesing (* 1958), German doctor and medical ethicist
- James Wilberding (* 20th century), American philosopher
- Juliane C. Wilmanns (1945–2008), German historian (ancient history)
- Rolf Winau (1937–2006), German doctor and historian
- Otto Winkelmann (1931–2014), German doctor
- Johann Winter von Andernach (1505–1574), German doctor and humanist
- Renate Wittern-Sterzel (* 1943), German classical philologist
- Roland Wittwer (* 20th century), Swiss classical philologist
- Georg Wöhrle (* 1953), German classical philologist
- Walter Wreszinski (1880–1935), German Egyptologist
- Wilmer Cave Wright (1868–1951), American classical philologist
- Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich (1815–1877), German doctor (internist)
- Helmut Wyklicky (1921-2007), Austrian doctor (internist)
Z
- Thaddäus Zajaczkowski (* 1939), Polish-German doctor (surgeon and urologist)
- Gregory Zilboorg (1890-1959), Russian-American doctor (psychiatrist)
- Volker Zimmermann (* 1944), German philologist
literature
- Marcel H. Bickel : The textbooks and general accounts of the history of medicine 1696-2000. A contribution to medical historiography. Schwabe, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7965-2246-8 .
- Florian Bruns, Andreas Frewer : Technical history as a political issue: medical historians in Berlin and Graz in the service of the Nazi state. In: Medicine, Society and History. (= Yearbook of the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Volume 24), 2005, pp. 151–180.
- Werner F. Kümmel: History, State and Ethics: German Medical Historians 1933–1945 in the service of "national political education". In: Andreas Frewer, Josef Neumann (Hrsg.): Medical history and medical technology. Controversies and justification approaches 1900–1950. Frankfurt am Main / New York 2001.
See also
- List of medical historical research institutions and learned societies
- List of medical history museums
- List of known Graeco Arabists
- Category: Biology Historians
- Category: Pharmacology Historians
- Category: Pharmaceutical Historians
- List of well-known veterinary historians
- List of well-known medical ethicists